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A Brief History of BrewHeister's Batches of Homebrew

BrewHeister's passion is the design and creation of great new beers. With each brew comes something new!

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All the batches fit to brew again and again... and again.

Black Smoke

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Style: Schwarzer Rauch IPA
ABV: 6.75%   IBU: 60   Color: 23 SRM
Hops: Cascade, Centennial, Hallertauer, Tettnang
Gather round the campfire to hear the tale of how two cultures collided and merrily melded their boldest brews to yield this dark smokey delight.

Sweet Maria's Magic Mojo

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Style: Mocha Milk Stout
ABV: 5.0% IBU: 35  Color: 40 SRM
Hops: East Kent Goldings
Home roasted, cold brewed Kenyan coffee lends a perky presence to this sweet black magic.

The BIG Bumpkin

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Style: Strong Spiced Pumpkin Ale
ABV: 6.25%  IBU: 18  Color: 13 SRM
Hops: Mt Hood, Hallertauer
Brewed for the first time as part of the Performa Brew Pub... It's nice to relive such an amazing experience every time I brew and drink this!

Sorghum Samurai

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Style: Gluten Free Sorghum Ale
ABV: 4.95 %  IBU: 43  Color: 3.5 SRM
Hops: Warrior, Sorachi
"Wielding the blade of his ancestors, he cut through the clutter of centuries, balancing bygone eras of bitterness with a sweet temperament and crying out for flavorful freedom"

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Style: Altbier
ABV: 4.5%   IBU: 30   Color: 16 SRM
Hops: Hallertauer, Strisselspalt, Smaragd
Classic!

sAAAAAm!!!

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Style: American Amber Ale
ABV: 4.95% IBU: 31   Color: 13 SRM
Hops: Centennial, Amarillo Gold
It's Sam's Amazing American Amarillo Amber Ale man!

Logger SMaSH!

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Style: Citra Lager
ABV: 5.5 %  IBU: 33  Color: 5 SRM
Hops: Citra
A Smash Hit! 

Cold Break IPA

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Style: India Pale Ale
ABV: 7.25%   IBU: 74   Color: 11 SRM
Hops: Centennial, Cascade, Falconer's Flight, Citra
Big Bold Bready Pale Ale Brewed at the tail end of winter when you really could use a break from the COLD!

Curtis the Cat's Nip Slip

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“With a flick of his tail and a slip of her nip, the cat has captured your curiosity!"

Style: India Pale Ale with Herbs
ABV: 5.75%   IBU: 68   Color: 11 SRM
Hops: Newport, Falconer's Flight, Cascade


Yield to Curtis the Cat’s seductive beckon and bask in the glow of this dry nipped IPA. With it’s ample  body, fruity hop character, and a dash of intrigue, supple spring bliss is just a hop, nip, and a sip away…

The Golden Note

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Style: Belgian Golden Strong Ale
ABV: 7.5 %  IBU: 19  Color: 6.5 SRM
Hops: Saaz
"Though you could see clear across the room, right through it, the crystal chalice held ancient secrets deep within its pale golden glisten."

Jamborator

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Style: Smoked Doppelbock
ABV: 7.0-%   IBU: 25   Color: 25 SRM
Hops: Hallertauer

Hop Scandal / Snail Ale

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Style: Session Pale Ale
ABV: 4.75 %  IBU: 40  Color: 9 SRM
Hops: ?
Brewed with hops growing untended at the community garden...

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The Black Smoke

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Style: Schwarzer Rauch IPA
ABV: 6.75%  IBU: 60  Color: 23 SRM
Hops: Cascade, Centennial, Hallertauer, Tettnang
Gather round the campfire to hear the tale of how two cultures collided and merrily melded their boldest brews to yield this dark smokey delight.

BrewTorial Bumpkin

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Style: Spiced Pumpkin Ale
ABV: 4.69%   IBU: 13.5   Color: 11 SRM
Hops: Mt. Hood

Porter Of Authority

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Style: Robust Porter
ABV: 6.66%  IBU: 53  Color: 30 SRM
Hops: Chinook, EKG
"You've gotta be big and bold, dark and dangerous if you're gonna wield any power at all this town..."

British BrownStone

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BrewTorial #3 for 2011 Festival Of Colors
Grains donated by Bitters & Esters

Brewers: Aaron Sacks & Raj Chinthamani
Style: British Brown Ale

ABV: 4.7% IBU: 30  Color: 19.5 SRM
Hops: Fuggles, Tettnang

Lucky Dog, Whippet Wheat

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BrewTorial Brew #1 for 2011 Festival Of Colors Grains donated by Bitters & Esters
Brewer: Matthew Wong
Style: Hefe Weiss

ABV: 4.5% IBU: 14  Color: 5.5 SRM
Hops: Tettnang, Hallertauer

Spice Biscuit

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Style: Gingerbread Brown Ale
ABV: 7%   IBU: 45   Color: 20 SRM
Hops: Chinook, Fuggles

Schmutzy

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Style: Sweet & Dirty IPA
ABV: 6.0%   IBU: 63   Color: 4 SRM
Hops: Cascade, Centennial, Citra, Falconer's Flight
"You ah... ya got some Schmutz in your glass there."
"Yeah, I ordered it."

WaterWeize

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"Plant a seed and watch it grow. Reap what you sow. So it goes. The More you know..." 
Style: Sagacious Watermelon Wheat
ABV: 4.5%  IBU: 13  Color: 3.5 SRM
Hops: Hallertauer, Saaz

Two PORTLY Gentlemen

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BrewTorial #4 for 2011 Festival Of Colors
Grains donated by Bitters & Esters
Brewers: Jim Coniglio & Yosuke Matsumura
Style
: Robust Porter
ABV: 7.25%  IBU: 55  Color: 37 SRM
Hops: Chinook, EKG

Papa Gureje

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BrewTorial Brew #2 for 2011 Festival Of Colors
Grains donated by Bitters & Esters

Brewer: Rob Yanos
Style: American Pale Ale

ABV: 6% IBU: 36  Color: 7.8 SRM
Hops: Centennial, Chinook, Cascade

Concerts

Beach Rose Blonde

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Style: Blonde Ale with Arctic Rose Petals
ABV: 5.5%   IBU: 22   Color: 7 SRM
Hops: Hallertauer, Strisselspalt

Simcoe Speech Impeder

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Style: French Saison with American Hops
ABV: 6.0%   IBU: 32   Color: 9 SRM
Hops: Simcoe - Piney Peppery and popping out the Keg!

Austrian Argent

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Style: Vienna Lager
ABV: 5.5 %  IBU: 25  Color: 13 SRM
Hops: Saaz
A Smooth Clean Toasty Amber. So what?!

Belgian Brother & Sister

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Style: Strong (Golden / Dark) Belgian Ales
ABVs: 8%/9.5%   IBUs: 21.5/34  Colors: 5.5/29 SRM
Hops: Pearle, Hallertauer, Tettnang
Chromometroflavinoia has sadly seen her final days, but her little brother has grown up nice and strong into the glorious Golden Note.

Myrical Saison

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Style: French Saison with Myrica (sweet) Gale
ABV: 7.5%   IBU: 23   Color: 8 SRM
Hops: Strisselspalt, Tettnang

S.R.Y.A (Sam's Rye Amber)

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Style: American Amber Ale brewed with Rye
ABV: 6.25%   IBU: 30   Color: 13 SRM
Hops: Chinook, Centennial, Amarillo

Spiegel der Nacht

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Style: Black Smoked IPA
ABV: 7.5%  IBU: 64  Color: 33 SRM
Hops: Hallertauer, Tettnang, Cascade

Black Door Matt

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Style: Sweet Chocolate Milk Stout
ABV: 4.5%  IBU: 34  Color: 34 SRM
Hops: Centennial, Northern Brewer, EKG
Brewed for percussionist Matt Ward during the Argento's series at the Austrian Cultural forum. Check out his Lunar Movements!

Fundraisers

The Pepper In the Rye

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Style: Rye Amber with Tellicherry Peppercorns
ABV: 5.75%   IBU: 62   Color: 14 SRM
Hops: Chinook, Northern Brewer, Simcoe

"They're all phonies," he scowled as he raised the bottle to his lips "but this; now this here is the real deal." and swigged long and slow...

Mike's Sweet Bee

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Style: Honey Ale
ABV: 6.5%  IBU: 43  Color: 12 SRM
Hops: Galena, Tettnang, Williamette
Brewed with honey from a family farm in upstate New York as a fundraiser for an NYC Public School.

Sweet Maria's Magic Mojo

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Style: Mocha Milk Stout
ABV: 5.0% IBU: 35  Color: 40 SRM
Hops: East Kent Goldings

Home roasted, cold brewed Kenyan coffee lends a perky presence to this sweet black magic brewed for Brewnity which raised $5250 to benefit City Harvest and help feed the hungry.

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Brew P.I.T. Parti Plan

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Smoke Screen / Chillinger Parti Plan
Style: Black Smoke Saison / Lemon Chili Saison
ABV: 7.7% / 5.75%  IBU: 33/40  Color: 6 SRM
Hops: NB, Saaz, Strisselspalt, Sorachi
Partigyle Saisons inspired by Finback Brewery
Brewed for NYC Pro-Am Brew P.I.T. 2013

CondZilla / MiniCon

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Style: Double IPA / Session Pale
ABV: 7.5 %  IBU: 19  Color: 6.5 SRM
Hops: Cascade
Brewed with a pound of hops from Condzella farms

The Golden Note

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Style: Belgian Golden Strong Ale
ABV: 7.5 %  IBU: 19  Color: 6.5 SRM
Hops: Saaz
"Though you could see clear across the room, right through it, the crystal chalice held ancient secrets deep within its pale golden glisten."

Something to Stout About

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Style: Oatmeal Stout
ABV: 6.66%   IBU: 27   Color: 30 SRM
Hops: EKG, Fuggles
Silky Smooth, dark and oaty

9 Dragon Brown Ale

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Style: Coconut Candy Brown
ABV: 4.7%   IBU: 37   Color: 20 SRM
Hops: Target/Galena, Saaz, Fuggles
A strangely sweet brown ale brewed with coconut caramel candies from the Mekong Delta in Vietnam and served on tap at 61 Local.

MidVinter Night's Dream

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Style: Dunkelweisse
ABV: 6.25%  IBU: 15  Color: 20 SRM
Hops: Fuggles, Hallertauer, Northern Brewer
Dunkelweisse, Dunkelweisse
Every evening I greet you
big and brown, cloudy, no frown
I'm so happy to meet you

Back Shelf Wit

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Style: Belgian Wit with Orange Peel
ABV: 6.0% IBU: 22  Color: 4 SRM
Hops: Saaz, Perle
Brewed from whatever was in the back of the brew closet and in the fruit basket on a snowy Saturday afternoon... could not have gone better!

Beetiful Strawberry Blonde

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Style: Strawberry Blonde Ale
ABV: 5.85%   IBU: 25   Color: 5 SRM
Hops: Cascade, Liberty

"She's sweet." He said. "Yeaaaaa..." She replied, "They're all sweet at first."

Portal to ChocoChiliTon

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Style: Chocolate Porter
ABV: 5.5%   IBU: 22   Color: 34 SRM
Hops: Goldings (East Kent), Mt. Hood
A chocolaty chocolate porter with chocolate.

Pumpkin Bumpkin

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Style: Spiced Pumpkin Ale
ABV: 4.69%   IBU: 13.5   Color: 11 SRM
Hops: Mt. Hood
One of my first kegged batches. Disappeared in a week!

It's a Parti GUYle!

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7mm Double Nip Slip / 44 Magnum PA
Style: Double IPA / Session Pale
ABV: 7% / 5%  IBU: 72 / 44  Color: 10 / 7 SRM
Hops: Magnum / Magnum, Citra
Partigyle ales brewed with homegrown Magnums for a wedding celebration down in North Carolina

Wolf Pack Red

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Style: Red Ale
ABV: 5.75%  IBU: 36  Color: 15 SRM
Hops: Warrior, Nugget, Amarillo
Brewed with homegrown Nuggets for a friend's wedding celebration in Wolf Pack country NC

Rauch River Thames

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Style: Smoked Porter
ABV: 5.75%   IBU: 32   Color: 23 SRM
Hops: Northern Brewer, EKG
Smoooooke on the Waaaterrrrr...

Cold Break IPA

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Style: India Pale Ale
ABV: 7.25%   IBU: 74   Color: 11 SRM
Hops: Centennial, Cascade, Falconer's Flight, Citra
Big Bold Bready Pale Ale Brewed at the tail end of winter when you really could use a break from the COLD!

Tuff Mudda's Milk Stout

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Style: Chocolate Milk Stout
ABV: 5.0%  IBU: 35  Color: 40 SRM
Hops: East Kent Goldings 
New Year's Day Brew with my lady...after picking her up at the airport and polar bear plunging at Coney Island of course!

The BIG Bumpkin

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Style: Strong Spiced Pumpkin Ale
ABV: 6.25%  IBU: 18  Color: 13 SRM
Hops: Mt Hood, Hallertauer
Brewed for the first time as part of the Performa Brew Pub... It's nice to relive such an amazing experience every time I brew and drink this!

Schmutz

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Style: Dirty Pale Ale
ABV: 4.5%   IBU: 53   Color: 9.3 SRM
Hops: Amarillo, Falconer's Flight, Cascade
A dirty deed done dirtily out back in the dirt.

The MowhIPstA

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"The hippest hippo you ever done seen…
The Mow hIPstA always makes the scene."
Style: Mojito IPA
ABV: 6.5%   IBU: 76   Color: 12 SRM
Hops: Newport, Falconer's Flight, Cascade

Primed with Lime & a Hint of Mint, this Mojito muddled IPA will squeeze you back in time to a warm summer afternoon when you were lazy enough to enjoy it… so sit back and Enjoy!

sAAAAAm!!!

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Style: American Amber Ale
ABV: 4.95% IBU: 31   Color: 13 SRM
Hops: Centennial, Amarillo Gold
It's Sam's Amazing American Amarillo Amber Ale man!

Sam Smokes!?

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"Ya coulda fooled me... I had no idea either"
Style: Smoked Lager (Rauchbier)
ABV: 5.0%   IBU: 20   Color: 19 SRM
Hops: Hallertauer, Mt. Hood



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